The father of British hostess Lucie Blackman, who was brutally killed and dismembered in Japan, flies out today, hoping finally to see justice done.

Tim Blackman and Lucie's sister, Sophie, 26, are to attend the last day of the four-and-a-half year trial of property developer Joji Obara, 54, in Tokyo as judges decide if he is guilty or not.

Miss Blackman, pictured right, from Sevenoaks, Kent, was working in a nightclub in Tokyo when she vanished in July 2000. Obara denies the abduction of Ms Blackman, rape resulting in death, and the disposal of her body.